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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Phoenix New Times letters@phoenixnewtimes.com (Phoenix New Times Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Phoenix New Times Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/PHX_1320x825-100-1.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Phoenix, Arizona https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com 144 90 https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-filmmakers-follow-firefighters-saving-lives-brutal-heat-40693228/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40693228 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-filmmakers-follow-firefighters-saving-lives-brutal-heat-40693228/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:59:49 -0700 Two Phoenix filmmakers followed fire fighters as they used immersion ice bags to save lives during a brutally hot summer.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-filmmakers-follow-firefighters-saving-lives-brutal-heat-40693228/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/not-pleading-guilty-a-day-in-court-for-being-homeless-in-phoenix-40691774/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40691774 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/not-pleading-guilty-a-day-in-court-for-being-homeless-in-phoenix-40691774/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:01:28 -0700 When police sweep the streets of homeless people, they pull people like Dago into the court system.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/not-pleading-guilty-a-day-in-court-for-being-homeless-in-phoenix-40691774/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-rules-against-first-amendment-argument-parks-ordinance-case-40689630/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40689630 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-rules-against-first-amendment-argument-parks-ordinance-case-40689630/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:03:28 -0700 Phoenix nonprofits argued that their work with homeless people in city parks deserved First Amendment protections. A federal judge disagreed.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-rules-against-first-amendment-argument-parks-ordinance-case-40689630/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/security-homeless-zone-phoenix-40688045/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40688045 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/security-homeless-zone-phoenix-40688045/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:01:45 -0700 News People who came to the aid of a woman slumped on Phoenix's 140-degree pavement clashed over how to help, leading to a physical altercation.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/security-homeless-zone-phoenix-40688045/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/large-police-sweep-in-the-zone-takes-homeless-activists-by-surprise-40686267/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40686267 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/large-police-sweep-in-the-zone-takes-homeless-activists-by-surprise-40686267/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:55:12 -0700 News Police arrived early in the morning with little warning. Activists filmed the operation which resulted in seven felony arrests.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/large-police-sweep-in-the-zone-takes-homeless-activists-by-surprise-40686267/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-buried-slanted-parks-ordinance-survey-after-backfired-40680602/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40680602 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-buried-slanted-parks-ordinance-survey-after-backfired-40680602/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0700 News A city survey on an ordinance to restrict feeding homeless people in parks appeared engineered to drum up support. It didn't.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-buried-slanted-parks-ordinance-survey-after-backfired-40680602/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-threaten-phoenix-group-that-feeds-homeless-40675573/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675573 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-threaten-phoenix-group-that-feeds-homeless-40675573/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:01:54 -0700 ASU already kicked Food Not Bombs PHX off its patio and now wants to seize the historic home that hosts the group's events.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-threaten-phoenix-group-that-feeds-homeless-40675573/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675186 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:19:22 -0700 Circle the City and Valle del Sol are taking Phoenix to court over the ordinance, claiming it violates the First Amendment.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-phoenix-cant-enforce-parks-ordinance-church-group-40673484/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40673484 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-phoenix-cant-enforce-parks-ordinance-church-group-40673484/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:03:25 -0700 Phoenix restricted giving homeless people food in parks. A judge said that likely violates the group's First Amendment rights.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/judge-phoenix-cant-enforce-parks-ordinance-church-group-40673484/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-used-honeypot-to-trap-trespass-homeless-people-in-park-40673200/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40673200 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-used-honeypot-to-trap-trespass-homeless-people-in-park-40673200/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:36:17 -0700 News Cops and park rangers left gates open after hours to coax unhoused people inside before locking them in and trespassing them.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-used-honeypot-to-trap-trespass-homeless-people-in-park-40673200/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times